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With just three
(3) weeks before
our first trial
game against South
Adelaide at Coopers
Stadium, the competitive
juices have been
flowing during skills
sessions at Coopers
Stadium, with match
simulated exercises
and tackling drills
being the order
of the day as game
structures are developed
and refined.
On Wednesday January
30 our AFL listed
players, including
new 2008 mini-draftees
Taylor Walker and
Aaron Kite attended
training and were
introduced to the
senior Norwood training
squad and vice versa.
All of our AFL listed
players look in
terrific physical
shape and all looking
forward to the season
ahead, which for
some commenced last
weekend.
With his team-mates
in Dubai for their
NAB Cup game, we
were blessed with
the presence of
Nathan Bassett on
the training track
last week. It almost
goes without saying
that Nathan brings
a professionalism,
attention to detail
and thoughtfulness
around game plans
and structure that
demonstrates why
he is one of the
most respected and
values players at
West Lakes.
A third 4.5km time
trial was held last
Saturday morning
in the city, James
Gallagher crossing
the line first from
Matthew Dawes, Matthew
Bartemucci, Ed McDonnell,
youngster Mal Douglas,
Brett Zorzi and
Nick Gieschen who
are all closing
in on the skipper.
Significantly Brett
Zorzi took some
90 second of his
best previous time,
many players showed
improvement which
is most pleasing
given the current
training workloads
and that the running
component of pre-season
is now focused on
sprints.
Our State Under
18 academy squad
members completed
their second internal
trial on the weekend,
Ben Speight was
impressive in the
first game however
took a knock committing
himself hard to
a contest and sat
out most of the
second game. Matthew
Hill has been finding
plenty of the ball,
Josh Benbow has
also looked good
when given an opportunity
to play in the midfield
while big men Ryan
Schoenmakers and
Alex Stopp have
been competing well
at half-forward
and in defence respectively.
Skills training
continues at Coopers
Stadium at 5.30pm
on Monday's, Wednesday's
and Friday's until
the week leading
into the Easter
Thursday trial with
Port Magpies when
training will be
Monday and Tuesday.
David J Bean
League Team Manager
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